A hundred years ago, in the old China, it was struggling in the quagmire of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, with the great powers on the outside and warlords fighting endlessly, and the people's lives were even more miserable. In the midst of the vicissitudes, countless benevolent people have stepped forward and willingly thrown their heads and spilled their blood for the happy life of the toiling masses.
On the road of pursuing truth, the revolutionary ancestors of the Blue Wisp of the Road thus began their magnificent life, as the earliest group of awakened people and dreamers of that era, deng Xiaoping, who deeply influenced the process of The Second Half of the 20th Century in China, his revolutionary career also began in this period.
In the process of working hard for the country and the nation, Deng Xiaoping and many of his revolutionary comrades could be said to be like-minded, watching out for each other in the ups and downs, thus forming a profound revolutionary friendship. In the 1980s, in his later years, Deng Gong blurted out three names when he was curiously asked by his daughter: "Who does he have the best relationship with?"
So, in Deng Xiaoping's mind, which three people had the best relationship with him?
The May Fourth Movement
When the May Fourth Movement broke out in 1919, 15-year-old Deng Xiaoping was still studying at Guang'an Middle School. When he heard the news, he joined the local progressive students in the patriotic movement. Later, when he heard that Wu Yuzhang had set up a work-study training class in Chongqing, Father Deng strongly supported him to apply for the examination, and in this way, 1 year later, Deng Xiaoping left the river and entered Shanghai and boarded the "Ante Leppon" cruise ship to France.
On October 20, 1920, the day after arriving in France, Deng Xiaoping and others were warmly welcomed by work-study students. It was at this welcoming ceremony that 16-year-old Deng Xiaoping met Nie Rongzhen, the first close friend of his life and his fellow Sichuan compatriot. The two soon became close friends who talked about everything.
Later, when Talking about this matter, Deng Xiaoping excitedly said: "We are really happy to meet in a foreign country. ”
A month later, Zhou Enlai also arrived in France. During his time in France, Deng Xiaoping was half-working and half-learning, and Zhou Enlai had a clear goal: he was running to develop the early organization of the party. Because Zhou Enlai was 6 years older than Deng Xiaoping, after the two met in France, Zhou Enlai regarded Deng Xiaoping as a "little brother" and took more care of him in life, and Deng Xiaoping also called Zhou Enlai "big brother".
Under the influence of Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping grew up rapidly, and both his ideological realm and his ability to work were greatly improved. In June 1922, the "Young Chinese Communist Party in Europe" was finally established with the efforts of Zhou Enlai, Zhao Shiyan and others, and Deng Xiaoping and Nie Rongzhen, the senior scholar, joined successively, and from then on embarked on the revolutionary road.
Deng Xiaoping
Under Zhou Enlai's arrangement, Deng Xiaoping began to be responsible for the editing, stereotyping, and mimeographing of the Young Communist Organ Newspaper, and grew rapidly in the revolutionary exercise.
Recalling his friendship with Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping said something like this: "I have always regarded him as a brother, and we have been together for the longest time." ”
Li Fuchun and Cai Chang
As early as October 1919, Li Fuchun went to France for work-study and was one of the founders of the Young Chinese Communist Party in Europe, and he also met Deng Xiaoping during this time.
Moreover, during this time, Deng Xiaoping worked with Li Fuchun and his wife. Deng Xiaoping and Li Fuchun also divided their work and cooperated, Deng Xiaoping was mainly responsible for stereotyping, and Li Fuchun focused on distribution.
In a small room in a hotel at 17 Rue Godruy in Paris, a group of young people spend their days burning with passion.
Ethnic European branch
Later, when talking about his ideological changes during that period, Deng Xiaoping specifically mentioned that it only happened "with the influence and help of advanced classmates", and these classmates he mentioned included Li Fuchun, who was 4 years older than him.
It was during the period of work-study in France that Deng Xiaoping became acquainted with a large number of mentors and friends, and his relations with Zhou Enlai, Li Fuchun, and Nie Rongzhen were also sublimated on the basis of having common ideals, and he officially became a lifelong revolutionary comrade-in-arms.
However, there was no feast in the world, and with the vigorous development of the revolutionary situation in the country, the two parties decided to work together.
In order to further promote the revolutionary work, the European branch of the 1924 brigade sent Nie Rongzhen and others to the Soviet Union to study, and Deng Xiaoping also had his first separation from his closest friends.
After the defeat of the Great Revolution, Zhou Enlai led the famous Nanchang Uprising, firing the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang, and Deng Xiaoping and others, under the influence of the Nanchang Uprising, also launched the Baise Uprising in 1929. Although several people are not in one place, in the era of war, they are very much in the same place.
When the Central Red Army decided on the Long March in 1934, Deng Xiaoping's name was not included in the transfer list of the headquarters, and thanks to the vigorous help of Li Fuchun, who worked in the General Political Department, he finally joined the ranks of the Long March.
At the end of 1936, Deng Xiaoping fell ill with typhoid fever, because he was so ill that he could not even swallow food, and seeing that his body was getting weaker and weaker, his former friend Nie Rongzhen was anxious.
After learning that the Northeast Army had sent two truckloads of condolences to the Red Army that contained canned milk, Nie Rongzhen took the initiative to keep all the milk and gave it all to Deng Xiaoping. Therefore, with the nutrition supplemented by these milks, Deng Xiaoping survived the difficulties.
Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin
Three years later, Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin achieved a positive result and held a simple revolutionary wedding in the Yan'an cave dwelling. Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhang Wentian and other leaders in Yan'an all attended the wedding with their wives.
Watching the lively wedding, the people watching the ceremony were highly interested, Deng Xiaoping did not refuse to toast from all directions, in order not to let Deng Xiaoping on the wedding night be drunk, Li Fuchun secretly put white water into a bottle, and then handed it to Deng Xiaoping, letting him cope with those "hospitality and difficulties".
For the sake of his friend's health, Li Fuchun did not hesitate to understand the "crooked brain", which shows his deep friendship with Deng Xiaoping.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance, former friends went their separate ways for the revolution. Nie Rongzhen was appointed as the political commissar of the 115th Division, leading his troops to the front, and Deng Xiaoping first served as the deputy director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, and then transferred to the political commissar of the 129th Division, fighting side by side with Liu Bocheng for more than ten years.
Nie Rongzhen
During this time, Zhou Enlai stayed firm in Chongqing, leading the revolutionary struggle in the White Zone and doing the united front work with all his heart. Li Fuchun stayed in Yan'an, responsible for the financial work of the central authorities, and provided logistical support for the soldiers at the front.
People often say that the friendship of his youth is the most precious, Deng Xiaoping has experienced hundreds of battles and experienced the world, although there are more and more colleagues and friends around him, but what he puts in his heart the most is the three friends who met each other at that time, although in the revolutionary war, they are different from each other, but the deep friendship between them makes them still care about each other and miss each other.
Deng Xiaoping and Nie Rongzhen
In 1952, Deng Xiaoping was ordered to beijing and served as vice premier of the Council of State. At that time, although his residence and Nie Rongzhen's home were separated by a wall, through the small wooden door on the wall, the connection between the two families was very close.
They often take a walk and talk after tea and dinner. On weekdays, Deng Xiaoping would often take his family and run to Nie Rongzhen's home to "beat the teeth to sacrifice." And whenever this happens, Nie Rongzhen will always take out the Sichuan snack "Bean Flower" at home to entertain his friends.
But Deng Xiaoping also never went to the door empty-handed, he always went with his hometown specialties. Therefore, when Nie Rongzhen entertains other guests, he often proudly says:
The Sichuan kimchi in my hand was specially brought back from Sichuan by Deng Xiaoping. After getting along like this, over time, the children of the Deng and Nie families also became very friendly, almost like a family!
During the Korean War, Nie Rongzhen, who held five positions, was also responsible for the deployment, training, transportation, supply, rotation and other work of volunteer soldiers going abroad to fight.
In 1953, with the approval of the central government, Nie Rongzhen returned home to recuperate, and deng Xiaoping visited the house several times after learning of this.
Two years later, Li Fuchun also entered the Council as vice premier, assisting Premier Zhou with Deng Xiaoping. Because the two people's residence in Zhongnanhai is also one after the other, in addition to the contact between work and life on weekdays, there is also a lot of intersection in life.
Deng Rong clearly remembered that when the two families got together, Cai's mother would often take candy for her to eat. When the adults are idle, they will get together to play cards, and everyone will talk and laugh, which is very happy.
During his time at the State Council, Zhou Enlai greatly appreciated Deng Xiaoping's ability to work. He once summed up Deng's working methods in one word, that is, "lifting a heavy weight is like a light weight."
In Premier Zhou's view, Deng Xiaoping was worthy of a great responsibility, and the reason for this view was not only because of the ability he showed in his work, but also based on the conclusions he had reached after decades of getting along.
In the 1970s, Chairman Mao gave Deng Xiaoping the nickname "Iron and Steel Company." In Chairman Mao's view, Deng Xiaoping was a very tough man and a man who dared to struggle.
Sure enough, during the negotiations on the return of Hong Kong in the 1980s, the "Iron Lady" Thatcher was finally able to obediently surrender in the face of Deng Xiaoping of the "steel company".
Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping's personality is angular, but he is also taciturn. In the eyes of ordinary people, such people are not easy to get along with, and it is not easy to find true friends, but Deng Xiaoping not only has a friend who can be trusted with his life, but also a close friend who can push his heart.
Although Deng Xiaoping's life had ups and downs, he was not alone as a great man of a generation. Although he also made many friends in his life and work in the second half of his life, what he remembered most was Zhou Enlai, Li Fuchun, Nie Rongzhen and other people who met when he was young in France when he was working and studying.
In Deng Xiaoping's mind, these three close friends, Zhou Enlai was a guide for him, Nie Rongzhen had back-to-back trust on the battlefield with him, and Li Fuchun and he were even more sympathetic and talkative confidants.
Although these three friends came from all over the world, their common experiences, ideals, studies, battles and work made their friendship far beyond ordinary people, so when his daughter asked who was closest to him, Deng Xiaoping said these three names without hesitation!